Assessment of NIH Minority Research and Training Programs Phase 3 (2005) / Chapter Skim
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In certain instances, such as when drawing from official program descriptions, the phrase "biomedical and behavioral sciences" is used. The term "trainee" is used throughout the report to describe any person engaged in higher education science studies or training, with the intention of building a career in the biomedical sciences.
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Second, the committee conducted a census of minority research training programs and established inclusion-exclusion criteria to determine the set of programs it would assess. Conducting a census of extramural NIH minority research training programs was a staff-intensive effort.
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based on career stage served and mechanism number.28 In general, the minority research training programs included in the study were active extramural minority research training programs that had existed for five years or longer in 2001. Table 2-1 lists the reasons programs were excluded and the number of programs excluded for each reason.
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For undergraduate trainees, there are no comparison groups because nontargeted undergraduate training programs do not exist. Consequently, the committee examined seven clusters of trainees: 1.
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NRSA Short Term Institutional Term Institutional Term Institutional Research Training Grant Research Training Research Training Grant Grant Postdoctoral or (T32)
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Existing data on science and engineering higher education and, more specifically, on NIH trainees in the biomedical sciences, 2. Computer assisted telephone interviews (CATIs)
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First, the committee learned that the level of item nonresponse was very high for many of the variables in the TFF, including data on race or ethnic origin. For example, before 1992, nearly 75 percent of persons who received predoctoral funding from NIH were not classified by race or ethic origin in the TFF.
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The committee did receive data on the ethnic identity of persons who received initial predoctoral funding between 1970 and 1999. However, because of the very high levels of missing ethnic-identity data, the committee was unable to use these data to assess whether NIH minority training and research programs work.
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The outdated DRF data also plagued the results of the query that sought to match minority undergraduates participating in minority-targeted programs. Nevertheless, the match of undergraduate trainees with NIH predoctoral funding was promising -- out of 6,614 targeted undergraduates, 3,914 received NIH predoctoral funding.
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5. Undergraduate trainees from the seven programs matched against AAMC data classified by undergraduate program and year of initial undergraduate funding.
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Trainees whose funding began after 1999 were not included because the committee believes it is necessary for at least five years to elapse from the time of initial funding in order to assess progress. CATI Instruments The committee identified the process and outcome variables it should examine as it assessed the success of NIH minority training programs.
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The trainee universe was 37,471, as shown in Table 2-3. Once the universe had been determined, the committee established a trainee sampling plan and derived the trainee sample in collaboration with the NIH data contractor.
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, letters of introduction signed by the NIH director were mailed to the addresses obtained from these searches. The introductory letter explained the purpose and importance of the study, encouraged sampled individuals to participate, and invited them to provide updated contact information by returning a prepaid postcard to the NIH data contractor.
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Despite assurances from the NIH data contractor that all CATI operators were proficient and skillful in conducting CATI interviews, at least one interviewer had difficulty reading and correctly pronouncing the terms used in the survey. NRC staff were monitoring the first few calls when this happened and witnessed the frustration of a trainee respondent, who was a busy M.D., when the interviewer could not read or correctly pronounce essential elements of the survey.
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Program Administrator Interviews The committee concluded that direct input from training program administrators at recipient institutions (PARI) and program administrators at NIH institutes and centers (PAIC)
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For the PARI interviews, a sample of recipient institutions (e.g., universities, colleges) was randomly selected from the population of eligible institutions using a selection protocol that identified institutions as either high producers or low producers of underrepresented minority degrees The 47 PARI interviews were distributed among programs as follows: · 18 targeted undergraduate programs.
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· 4 targeted postdoctoral or junior faculty programs. · 2 untargeted postdoctoral or junior faculty programs.
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